Sketching Sonic Interaction Design

Sonosketch – Querying sound databases by drawing

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Jordi sent me this and prompted me to return to this forlorn blog… thanks Jordi!

Sonosketch, from the University of Applied Sciences, Bremen.

hope to continue with this blog sometime soon, with the long-overdue report on the Sketching workshop, and more.

Honda Choir

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Some more voice acrobatics (thanks, Inger!)

New to Sonic Interaction Design?

Posted by michal under Experiments, Meet the people, SID

Shoogle is one of my personal favorites in this field. Created by fellow SID-ers John Williamson and Rod Murray-Smith, with Stephen Hughes, at the Dynamics and Interaction Group, Glasgow University, Shoogle “is a novel, intuitive interface for sensing data within a mobile device”.
A great exploration of audio-tactile interaction. Take a look:

Michael Winslow making car noises

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Following Daniel Hug’s comment, here’s a master of the voice:

Sonar Power Manager

Posted by Avi Ashkenazi under SID

Not at all related to sketching, but clever: the Sonar Power Manager uses a new user presence detection technique to shut off the computer display when you are not present. It was developed by researchers at Northwestern and UMichigan. The goal is to shut off the screen immediately after you leave, even if you just moved the mouse 10 seconds ago.